FOUR more people have died from coronavirus at Northumbria Healthcare hospitals, it has been confirmed.
NHS England confirmed that 351 people have now died from COVID-19 at the trust's hospitals, up from yesterday's figure of 347.
23 patients at the trust have died in the last five days.
According to the latest figures from Public Health England, another 88 cases were confirmed in Northumberland yesterday.
The total number of lab-confirmed cases across the county now stands at 8,237.
Northumberland County Council's data showed that there were 593 cases confirmed in the seven days up to November 25 - a rate of 185.2 cases per 100,000 residents.
Prudhoe South had the highest number of cases confirmed in the Hexham Constituency, with 17.
Hexham constituency: confirmed cases by ward
- Prudhoe South - 17
- South Tynedale - 11
- Hexham East - 10
- Hexham Central with Acomb - 10
- Haltwhistle - 10
- Ponteland North - 9
- Prudhoe North - 7
- Ponteland East and Stannington - 7
- Haydon and Hadrian - 7
- Ponteland West - 5
- Ponteland South with Heddon - 5
- Humshaugh - 5
- Hexham West - 5
Nationally, the total death toll rose by 521 to 57,551, while a further 16,022 cases were confirmed, bringing the total number of cases to 1,589,301.
According to Public Health England, the latest estimate of the R number, as of November 27, had fallen to 0.9 to 1, meaning the infection grwoth was between minus two per cent and zero per cent.
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